US DHS cyber security head to join Chertoff Group

Mark Weatherford, a top cyber official in the US department of homeland security (DHS) has announced he is to join the private sector

Mark Weatherford, a top cyber official in the US department of homeland security (DHS) has announced he is to join the private sector.

Weatherford, who is credited with forging partnerships among insular federal departments and wary companies, has served as DHS deputy under-secretary for cyber security for five and a half years.

On 1 May, he is to join the Chertoff Group, the consulting firm headed by Michael Chertoff, former US secretary of homeland security in the George W Bush administration, said US reports.

Weatherford has won praise in the DHS for enabling stronger coordination and clearer alignment with the department of defence, National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), department of commerce and National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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